Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
BARUCH SPINOZAMen govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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Freedom is self-determination.
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Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.
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In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
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Peace is not the absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition of benevolence, confidence, justice.
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Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.
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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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A free man thinks of nothing less than of death, and his wisdom is a meditation, not on death, but on life.
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